A little post about a little piece for a little instrument

My publisher, Lewis Mitchell at Josef Weinberger Ltd., plays the piccolo, and a couple of years ago I wrote him a little piece as a gift – a one-page sonatina in one movement, lasting one minute … but in proper sonata form (1st and 2nd themes, development, recapitulation, and coda). It was written mainly as a joke, but he asked me if he could include it in a recital programme he was planning. I was delighted, decided to expand it into three (still small) movements, and a few weeks ago it was published.
A practical decision of this pianist-composer: better to have such a piece unaccompanied, because when a piccolo is playing with full force there's no chance of hearing the piano.